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Aging voice syndrome
The aging voice and the art of voice therapy.
Aging has vast effects on our body, and as a part of that process our voice gets its own share. Lots of elderly patients come to my voice clinic ,some after operations, some due to hoarseness and vocal output problems secondary to neurological diseases like Parkinson or post CVA, and some with overall good health that complain about their voice. That last portion is called Presbyphonia or the aging voice disorder. Simply put, if the patient is in good health, does not use medications and still complains about his vocal output we encounter Presbyphonia. Presbyphonia is a result of the anatomical and physiological changes that happen while aging:What do you think of this story?
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